Saturday, 1 September 2012

August car revenue encouraging; Maruti takes a hit



INDIA: Car revenue in Aug saw motivating signs of development returning ahead of the joyful season that starts by end-September, even as leader in the industry Maruti Suzuki took a hit on the over monthly long (July 18-August 21) manufacturer closing at Manesar.

Maruti’s revenue dropped 35 % to 50,129 designs. Apart from Ertiga, revenue of all other designs dropped in the 30 days, with the SX4 automobile publishing the sharpest drop of 76 %.
Predictably, Dzire revenue dropped 61 %, while Instant revenue (along with Estilo, Ritz) were down 62 %. The Instant, A-Star, Dzire and SX4 are all made at Manesar and typically account for 40 % of Maruti’s revenue amounts.

Tata Engines published a 33 % development in Aug to 22,311 designs. This was, helped by an over five-fold increase in New ipod nano revenue to 6,507 designs. While revenue of the Indica variety went up, Indigo revenue dropped in the 30 days.

Aided by the popular for diesel fuel automobiles, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) saw a 30 % development to 21,831 in its mostly application vehicle-dominated profile. Booking of the only car in its profile, the remodeled Verito, surpassed the 2,000 designs mark for monthly.

Pravin Shah, Primary Executive, Automobile Department, M&M said, “Considering the challenging external environment, we are happy to have achieved a development of 22 % . The overall emotions for the auto industry are low which could benefit from a relief in prices to boost revenue. At Mahindra we continue to remain cautious and careful of the situation”.

Meanwhile, Chevy Kirloskar , which also has a strong diesel fuel car variety, saw revenue going up 20 % in Aug to 13,995 designs. Only Corolla revenue dropped, while all other designs including the Fortuner, Etios and Innova published profits.

German high-class carmaker, Rolls royce, also saw a 42 % development in Aug to 726 designs, mostly with the A4 automobile and its new Q3 compact SUV.
PTI adds: Cars Motor Indian Ltd (HMIL) today revealed an 8 % decrease in total revenue at 46,886 designs in Aug.
The organization had marketed 51,012 designs in the corresponding 30 days last season, HMIL said in a declaration.

In the household industry, the organization registered revenue of 28,257 designs compared to 26,677 designs in the year-ago interval, applying a development of 5.9 %.
Exports dropped by 23.4 % to 18,629 designs during the 30 days under review from 24,335 designs in the same interval last season, the declaration said.
“The overall industry need is under control due to the general inflationary trend, great fuel prices and prices. Unless any major activates get triggered, industry feeling is not expected to improve very much,” HMIL Vice-President (National Sales) Rakesh Srivastava said.

On the household front, despite a gradual industry, revenue have grown due to the increased preference for diesel fuel automobiles and niche consumer focused promotions, he added.
The launch of new Elantra also enhanced and increased the revenue performance in premium section, Srivastava said.

In the A2 section (Eon, Santro, i10 and i20), the organization marketed 40,049 designs, in Aug while revenue in the A3 section (Accent and Verna) was standing at 6,145 designs.
Sales of A4 section (Elantra) was at 608 designs. The organization marketed 65 designs of the new automobile Santa Fe during the 30 days. Sales of high-class automobile Sonata was standing at 19 designs.

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